Patriot's Reward by Stephen Clarkson

Patriot's Reward

By Stephen Clarkson

An educated, northern slave fights for freedom in the American Revolution

This clothbound, historical fiction covers the years from 1755 to 1789, centering on Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

While researching his family background in 2002, author Stephen Clarkson was surprised
to discover that his first ancestor in America had owned a slave. His story opens with the
purchase at auction of an African teenager from Senegal by James Clarkson, a
Portsmouth tanner. The young man is renamed Will.

Will Clarkson fights with distinction in the American Revolution with the New Hampshire militia
and the Continental Army and subsequently petitions the New Hampshire Legislature for his
freedom.

The author's dramatic facility seamlessly combines fact with fiction, transporting the
reader back in time.